Can anyone give me advice on which is better for women with our type of disease? Can anyone share their stories about which type of birth you had and how it effected your disease or how recovery went (as far as your disease goes) for you after birth from a c section or vaginal?

I would greatly appreciate as much information as possible! Thank you!

Agreed, with my LO my high risk OB said to have a vaginal. I had healing complications (second degree tear and hepatoma) due to my meds and I was in flare, but I don't regret the decision and will do a vaginal delivery again.

My disease is somewhat active right now. I think I'll definitely flare during labor because I've been kind of off and on flaring a little bit throughout the pregnancy. That's why i don't know which way to go with c section or vaginal cause I'm not sure which would be better for my disease. Thank you!

Are you on steroids to get your flares under control? I took endocort (budesonide) and had prednisone ready to go if things got worse at the end of my pregnancy. Incredibly, once I had my LO my crohns finally went into remission after 3 years. BF kept it that way. I'm just now flaring again and LO is 9 months old.

I have had 3 previous bowel resections and had a vaginal delivery in 2014 and had no complications and had a great recovery. My doctor was trying to avoid a c-section due to all the scar tissue. Of course I would have one if I absolutely had to!

Bad enough again. My OB wants me to hold off as long as I can since I am only 3-4 weeks to my due date. This is so crazy that everyone else's doctors told them to go for vaginal birth and mine was pushing for c section....

What about hemorrhoids and things like that while pushing? I already have a lot of hemorrhoids and an anal fissure so I'm worried that pushing would make that a lot worse?

That's strange they told you to wait I made the decision not to take the prednisone just stick with budesonide but my Drs weren't happy about it but supportive. My hemmerhoids from pushing were terrible, like apple sized, but they do go away eventually and it was as a result of 2 hours of pushing so it doesn't mean yours definitely will get worse. I also developed a large hematoma from a second degree tear, because my body is more susceptible to prolonged healing and more damage from my meds. Again, despite this I'd still go for a vaginal delivery again without hesitation. As pp said, I'd rather not have the abdominal scar tissue. Ultimately it's your body and decision and you may not even get a choice if baby makes the decision for you! Perhaps get a second opinion.

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